Cigar-box moistener



Aug. 2, 1927. 1,637,814

D. J. GALLAGHER CIGAR BOX MOISTENBR Filed Aug. 221 1923 IIVYVENTOR ocumsJOSEPH GALLAGHER 5 1s ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 2, 1927.

UNITED STATEVSIPATENT OFFICE;

DENNIS JOSEPH GALLAGHER, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CIGAR-BOX MOISTENER.

Application filed August 22, 1923.- Serial x01658586.

This invention relates to tobaccomoisteners and particularly to thosewhich may be attached to the inside oftobacco containers,

such as cigar boxes, for keeping the tobacco box to Which has beenattached a moistener constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2'is a view of the cigar box partially closed, with the mois'teningdevice in extended or open position.

In the illustrated embodiment'of the invention, the moistener comprisesachannelshaped holder 1 ofany suitable, material, in which suitable'absorbentmaterial 2 may be held. The holderrmay bev convenientlyandinexpensively produced. by bending a sheet of material, such as sheetmetal, upon itself to form a channel, and the free edge portions of thesides of the holder are flanged in opposite directions, away from thechannel part, as at 3. One of the' flanges 3is provided, adjacent oneend, with an aperture 4 through which a tack or screw may be passed tosecure the holder against a wall of the con-, tainer, with the open sideof the channel abutting the container wall. I

The absorbent material is, confined within the channel of the holder bythe wall of the container, and may comprise strips of porous materialsuch as for example felt or blotting paper. The illustrated holder isopen ended, but preferably the walls forming the channel are providedwith one or more apertures 5 through which, and the open ends, the airof the container may circulate in passing over and around-the moistabsorbent material.

The moistener may be secured to the inner face of the cover of a cigarbox, for example, by passing a tack 6 through the aperture 4,

as shown in Fig. 1. The secured'end of the holder should be adjacentanedge of the cover'so that the holder may beswung about the tack as apivot from t-heJno-rmal' position shown in full lines in Fig. l'to theposition I j also shownbydotted lines in thesame figure. Inthe positionshownby dotted lines o the channel will be open and moisture may a beeasily added to the absorbent strips 2 or new strips may be added,'afterwhich the holder may be swung back to its normal po'-' 1 'SllllOIl,permitting complete closure of the cover. It will usua llybe necessaryto remove one or two of the cigars so as to provide a space into whichthe moistener may descend When the cover is closed, in order that noneof the cigars willbe crushed or injured.

It will be obvious that various changes in the details and arrangementsherein de-- scribed and illustrated for the purpose of ex- I plainingthe nature of the invention, may be made. by those skilled in the artwithin the principle andscope of the invention asexpressed in theappended claim.

I claim:

- In a tobacco moistener, a channel-shaped holder of absorbent materialhaving a flange extending from the'free edge of its side and adapted tofit against a wall of a'tobacco container, said flange having therein anaperture for the passage of an attaching tack, said aperture beingadjacent an end of the holder whereby when attached to a wall of acontainer adjacent an edge thereof, a hold er can be swung about thetack as a pivot beyond the edge of the container to expose the interiorof the channel for facilitating the insertion of absorbent material orthe adding of moisture to absorbent material in the channel.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand. 7

